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Forecasting the fracture: a cost-driven machine learning framework for optimal bridge maintenance prioritization

Frontiers in Built Environment
Aging civil infrastructure presents a critical economic and public safety challenge, with maintenance backlogs costing hundreds of billions of dollars.
Thomas Wiese
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Remote Roca: Integrating Data From Archaeological Survey, Remote Sensing and Geophysics in the Hinterland at the Long‐Lasting Mediterranean Site of Rocavecchia (Apulia, Italy)

Archaeological Prospection, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study presents a multi‐method non‐invasive investigation of an approximately 4‐ha area associated with the long‐occupied coastal settlement of Rocavecchia (Apulia, southern Italy), situated between the prehistoric fortified peninsula and the Hellenistic‐Messapian walls.
Giuseppe Guarino, Francesco Iacono, Giovanna Agostini, Davide Susini   +3 more
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Occurrence and profiles of glyphosate and aminomethylphosphonic acid in paired urine and feces of humans, cats, and dogs

Environment International
We determined glyphosate and its degradation product, aminomethylphosphonic acid (AMPA), in paired urine and feces of humans (N = 14), cats (N = 10) and dogs (N = 21).
Zhong-Min Li, HuiHo Jeong, Kurunthachalam Kannan   +2 more
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Leveraging Big Multitemporal Multisource Satellite Data and Artificial Intelligence for the Detection of Complex and Invisible Features: The Case of Extensive Irrigation Mapping

Archaeological Prospection, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The detection of buried or obscured archaeological features remains a central challenge in landscape archaeology, particularly in the irrigated floodplains of Mesopotamia where levees and canals formed the basis of complex agrarian systems. This study presents a deep learning–based approach for the large‐scale, automated detection of ancient ...
Nazarij Buławka, Hector A. Orengo, Felipe Lumbreras Ruiz, Iban Berganzo‐Besga, Ekta Gupta   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Empire, Hegemony, and Leadership: Developing a Research Framework for the Study of Regional Powers [PDF]

Regional powers are often conceived of as “regional leading powers,” states which adopt a cooperative and benevolent attitude in their international relations with their neighbors.
Sandra Destradi
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Single‐Cell Level Characterization of B Cell Depletion and Repopulation Following Rituximab in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

Arthritis &Rheumatology, EarlyView.
Objective Rituximab, a CD20+ B cell depletion therapy, is frequently used to treat systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). However, variability in patient response highlights the need for a deeper understanding of the underlying immune cell dynamics of B cell depletion and repopulation.
Haerin Jang, Norzawani Buang, Catherine Sutherland, Wanseon Lee, Lauren Overend, Tarran S. Rupall, Katie L. Burnham, Matthew C. Pickering, Marina Botto, Emma E. Davenport   +9 more
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COMPLACENT OR COMPETITIVE? BRITISH EXPORTERS AND THE DRIFT TO EMPIRE [PDF]

The belief that Britain’s empire markets were soft is well entrenched in the literature. It is, however, a belief that has been largely untested. Indeed, the literature does not even offer an explicit definition of softness.
Andrew S. Thompson, Gary B. Magee
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Exploring student perceptions of integrating mixed reality with cadaveric teaching in undergraduate neuroanatomy education: A qualitative study

Anatomical Sciences Education, EarlyView.
Abstract Mixed reality (MR) using head‐mounted displays provides three‐dimensional visualizations that have been suggested to enhance learning when used alongside conventional anatomy teaching in medical education. This study explored student perceptions of the integration of MR and traditional cadaveric learning, and their optimal delivery to support ...
Harpreet Kasbia, Rehman Ali Baig, Lydia Boynton, Fanny Mozu‐Simpson, Ally Fattal, Ben Clare, Puneet Sharma, Arthur Dalton, Celia Brown, Ana Baptista, Richard J. Pinder, Ali Rezaei Haddad, Amir H. Sam   +12 more
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The formless empire : the evolution of indigenous Eurasian geopolitics

, 2014
This dissertation seeks to make a unique contribution to the study of geopolitics and empire in Central Asia by focusing on both the indigenous developments of grand strategies and their legacies by examining several key points in the history of the ...
Mott, Christopher Douglas
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Commodity culture : tropical health and hygiene in the British Empire

, 2008
Before heading to a 'tropical' region of the Empire, British men and women spent considerable time and effort gathering outfit believed essential for their impending trip.
Johnson, Ryan, Johnson, R.
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